dignity health
Posted Mar 29, 2021, 12:33 pm
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Leaders of hospitals across Arizona are voicing disapproval with Gov. Doug Ducey’s decision to roll back local mask mandates and business restrictions meant to stop the spread of COVID-19, and the state’s public health chief said Friday the governor did not consult hospitals before ending restrictions. During a Friday press conference, Arizona Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ said the only conversations about the decision to roll back local mask mandates and statewide requirements that businesses enforce mask-wearing and physical distancing were between the Governor’s Office and ADHS. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 5, 2021, 11:11 am
Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
/Arizona Mirror
Hundreds of cars came and went at a steady pace on Dec. 31 through the multiple lanes set up at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The state has been looking to speed up the rollout of the vaccine and get the 314,000 doses it has received so far into distribution.... Read more»
Updated Dec 3, 2020, 9:46 am
Joycelyn Cabrera
/Cronkite News
Gov. Ducey again rejected calls for tougher statewide COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday in the face of what experts called a pending “catastrophe,” opting instead for more funding for nurses and more pleas for personal responsibility.... Read more»
Posted Jun 12, 2020, 12:47 pm
B. Poole
/TucsonSentinel.com
Since Gov. Doug Ducey eased lockdown restrictions on May 15, the number of Arizonans hospitalized with COVID-19 has jumped from 789 to 1,291.... Read more»